The Tragic Fates of Joseph Stalin's Children
Joseph Stalin's children endured tragic lives shaped by his brutal rule. His eldest, Yakov Dzhugashvili (born 1907), was captured by Germans in WWII and died in Sachsenhausen in 1943. Adopted son Artyom Sergeyev (1921-2008) had a military career. Vasily Stalin (1921-1962) became an alcoholic after his mother's suicide and died in disgrace. Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926-2011) defected to the US in 1967, wrote memoirs, and died in Wisconsin. Alleged illegitimate children include Alexander Davydov (born 1916) and Konstantin Kuzakov (1911-1996), who claimed Stalin helped him enter university.
Key facts
- Yakov Dzhugashvili was born March 31, 1907, to Stalin and first wife Ekaterine Svanidze.
- Yakov attempted suicide in 1928 after Stalin forbade his marriage to Zoya Gunina.
- Yakov died April 14, 1943, at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
- Artyom Sergeyev was adopted after his father Fyodor Sergeyev died in 1921.
- Vasily Stalin was born March 21, 1921, and became a chronic alcoholic after his mother Nadezhda's suicide in 1932.
- Vasily was imprisoned after Stalin's death and died in 1962.
- Svetlana Alliluyeva defected to the US in 1967 and died November 22, 2011, in Wisconsin.
- Konstantin Kuzakov claimed to be Stalin's illegitimate son, born September 11, 1911.
Entities
Artists
- Joseph Stalin
- Yakov Dzhugashvili
- Ekaterine Svanidze
- Zoya Gunina
- Olga Golysheva
- Yevgeny Dzhugashvili
- Yulia Meltzer
- Galina Dzhugashvili
- Wolfram von Richthofen
- Artyom Sergeyev
- Fyodor Sergeyev
- Vasily Stalin
- Nadezhda Alliluyeva
- Svetlana Alliluyeva
- Galina Burdonskaya
- Mariya Nusberg
- Aleksei Kapler
- Grigory Morozov
- Iosif Morozov
- Yuri Zhdanov
- Andrei Zhdanov
- Yekaterina Zhdanova
- Ivan Svanidze
- Kunwar Brajesh Singh
- William Wesley Peters
- Olga Peters
- Alexander Davydov
- Lidia Pereprygina
- Yakov Davydov
- Konstantin Kuzakov
- Maria Kuzakova
- Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Lenin
- Friedrich Paulus
- Lavrentiy Beria
Institutions
- Soviet Union
- Red Army
- Red Air Force
- Kachinsk Military Aviation School
- Artillery Academy
- Institute of Transport
- Moscow Model School No. 25
- Special School No. 2
- Moscow State University of Printing Arts
- Moscow University
- Leningrad University
- Communist Party
- Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- US embassy
- Liberty Publishing House
Locations
- Soviet Union
- Moscow
- Russia
- Georgia
- Siberia
- Vorkuta
- Kazan
- Germany
- India
- United States
- New Jersey
- Wisconsin
- Cambridge
- England
- Britain
- New York City
- Kuntsevo Cemetery
- Moskva River